Spring-Detent Chronometer Tourbillon Watch
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- An 18k yellow gold open-faced one-minute spring-detent chronometer tourbillon watch. 1970.
Gilt brass movement signed Geo. Daniels, London, sjd, two going-barrels engaging a common offset centre-pinion, 36 hour duration, Earnshaw’s spring-detent chronometer escapement mounted in a polished steel one-minute tourbillon carriage under a polished steel bridge. Mono -metallic stainless steel four-arm balance with gold adjusting weights, overcoil balance spring with isochronal adjusting screw, retrograde hour hand mechanism.
Silver engine-turned dial, polished minutes chapter ring, quadrant for the retrograde hours, Roman numerals, large interlaced subsidiary seconds ring, silver cartouche signed Daniels London, blued steel Daniels hands, engine-turned case with Daniels pendant and bow.
Signed Case, dial and movement, hallmarked London 1970, case maker’s mark GD, attached short gold graduated yellow gold double-link chain with gold and blued-steel double-ended key.
Books and Publications
The highly anticipated biography of George Daniels, written by acclaimed author, Micheal Clerizo is now available. We have a selection of other books about, and by, Dr. Daniels.
The Anniversary Watch
Produced by Roger W. Smith Ltd, and cased, dialled and finished to Daniels exacting standards and style, the Co-axial Anniversary watch is the final defining statement in British horology by Dr. George Daniels.
The Educational Trust
The George Daniels Educational Trust has been set up to encourage and financially assist apprentices and students, with grants and bursaries for training in all aspects of horology.
